Chapter 2: Chapter 2: Angel, Red Dragon, and the Nine Treasures Crystal Tower (Part 2)
Chapter 2: Angel, Red Dragon, and the Nine Treasures Crystal Tower (Part 2)
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"Ning Tian!"
Ling Bai shouted, and Ning Tian immediately understood. She took out a short knife from her Colorful Bracelet-like Storage Soul Conductor and rushed toward the Adamantine Baboon, which was barely hanging on. With a swift motion, she ended the soul beast's life, her eyes filled with determination.
A bright Purple Soul Ring slowly rose, exuding a noble aura.
"I'll stay here and absorb the soul ring. You and Wu Feng can guard me."
"Sure, thanks, Bai."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Ning Tian smiled and sat down, using her soul power to draw the millennium soul ring from the Adamantine Baboon. Ling Bai and Wu Feng were left standing in the forest, staring at each other awkwardly.
After a while, seeing that Ning Tian was fully immersed in absorbing the soul ring, Wu Feng deliberately cleared her throat, flicked her ponytail, and puffed out her chest. "A mere Adamantine Baboon, I could have defeated it alone. I didn't need your help!"
Hearing this, a trace of approval flashed in Ling Bai's golden eyes. "That's true, but I remember a certain clown who was slapped twenty meters away by the Adamantine Baboon, breaking three trees and getting stuck in the ground. Do you know who that was?"
"You..."
Wu Feng trembled with anger, unable to say a word as her weakness was exposed. Yes, that clown was her.
The three of them had traveled from the Nine Treasures Crystal Tower to Shrek Academy. On the way, Ning Tian had just broken through to level thirty and decided to detour to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her third soul ring.
They had grown up together, and whenever it came to Ning Tian, Wu Feng always clashed with Ling Bai. Before coming to Star Dou, she had repeatedly assured them that she didn't need any help, but...
She had flown back faster than she had rushed out!
And was eventually pulled out of the ground like a carrot by Ning Tian!
"I... I was just caught off guard!"
Wu Feng finally managed to choke out a complete sentence after a long pause.
"Oh?"
Ling Bai's skeptical gaze made the girl uncomfortable, but she persisted. "W-Whatever, from now on, I'll handle everything related to Ning Tian!"
"Got it, go play."
Ling Bai tossed a jade bottle to Wu Feng and waved her off.
"You!!!"
Wu Feng's defenses crumbled. She wanted to beat Ling Bai up, but her past five years of painful experience told her that this guy, with the continent's top sacred soul beast, the Six- Winged Angel, was a demon in a fight.
Unable to argue or fight, Wu Feng plopped down near Ning Tian, uncorked the jade bottle, and a fragrant aroma of herbs filled the air.
"Mystic Elixir?"
Wu Feng blinked. The Mystic Elixir was one of the best healing pills on the continent, made primarily from the heart of the ten-thousand-year-old Tree of Life. Even in the wealthy Nine Treasures Crystal Tower, it was considered a rare treasure.
"What do you mean by this?" Wu Feng felt insulted, hands on her hips, demanding an explanation.
"What do you think?"
Ling Bai's eyes fell on Wu Feng's bloodied arms and her heaving chest. The powerful force of a millennium Adamantine Baboon was not something a two-ringed Great Soul Master could withstand. Wu Feng's internal organs had already been invaded by the force, and the fact that she could still argue with him was a testament to her Red Dragon constitution.
"Ling Bai!"
Ling Bai's mocking gaze infuriated Wu Feng. She raised the jade bottle and declared firmly, "I, Wu Feng, would rather be killed by the Adamantine Baboon and die in the Star Dou Great Forest than take a single pill from you!"
"Is that so?"
Ling Bai clapped, praising her unwavering resolve. "If you die, won't I be free to do whatever I want with Ning Tian? To thank you for your sacrifice, I'll erect a monument for you. What color do you like? Pink?"
"Monument? Whatever I want?"
Wu Feng nearly exploded. She swallowed the Mystic Elixir in one gulp, glared at the smirking boy, and growled, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! As long as I'm here, you won't bully
Ning Tian!"
With that, she immediately sat down and began to use her soul power to absorb the healing effects of the pill.
"Tsk, your mouth is the hardest part of you."
Ling Bai muttered. Seeing that both Ning Tian and Wu Feng had settled down, he turned his thoughts to his own matters.
He was axxx with memories from his past life, aware that this was the world of Absolute Tang Gate. Due to the issue with his second soul beast, he needed help from a senior. According to the timeline, it should be time for that person to appear.
"Holly, don't disappoint me..."
Ling Bai extended his palm, and a soul power condensed into a fist-sized purple-black spider. Its fangs were large and menacing, with venom droplets forming, and its eight spear-like legs bent slightly. It leaped from Ling Bai's palm to the ground, its sharp tips piercing the earth. Unlike the holy and proud Six-Winged Angel, this spider exuded a different kind of
ferocity and brutality.
"Find."
Ling Bai's command was simple and clear. A few months ago, he had left the Nine Treasures Crystal Tower under a pretext, hiding near the White Tiger Duke's Manor. When Huo Yun'er went out to buy supplies, he secretly left a unique mark on her White Tiger Dagger, which the Demon Spider could track.
The Demon Spider received the order and quickly darted northwest, gradually disappearing
from Ling Bai's sight.
"It's not far..."
An hour later, sensing the Demon Spider's feedback, Ling Bai's eyes flickered. At that
moment, the two girls also slowly woke up.
"Bai, Xiao Feng, I'm done."
Ning Tian stood up, brushing off her skirt as she walked toward Ling Bai, a light smile on her face, clearly satisfied with the third soul skill she had obtained from the Adamantine Baboon.
Wu Feng, sensing the situation, quickly ran over, determined to prevent Ling Bai from getting too close to Ning Tian.
Ling Bai didn't mind Wu Feng's thoughts. What was his would eventually be his, and there was no need to rush. He asked, "Xiao Tian, what is your third soul skill?"
"Guess."
Ning Tian replied, her voice playful.
"The Adamantine Baboon is second only to the Titan Ape among ape soul beasts, with formidable strength, speed, attack, and defense. Your Seven Treasures Crystal Tower already has enhancements for strength and speed, so the third soul skill is likely to be either an attack
or a defensive skill."
As a ten-thousand-year-old ancient sect, the Nine Treasures Crystal Tower had developed a set of soul skills specifically suited for the Seven Treasures Crystal Tower. These skills, representing the first six soul skills, enhanced strength, speed, attack, defense, soul power, and attributes, respectively, comprehensively boosting a team's combat capabilities.
"Third, attack."
Ning Tian revealed the answer, delighted because whether it was the Six-Winged Angel or the Red Dragon, they needed attack enhancements more than defense.
Sure enough, when they heard that the third soul skill of the Seven Treasures Crystal Tower was an attack skill, Ling Bai and Wu Feng's eyes lit up with joy. A three-ringed Seven Treasures Crystal Tower provided a 40% enhancement, covering strength, speed, and attack, allowing them to fight at a level above their soul rings.
Ning Tian looked up at the sky and said, "We've been delayed a few days hunting soul beasts. It's time to report to Shrek Academy."
The connection between the Nine Treasures Crystal Tower and Shrek Academy dated back to their ancestor, the Nine-Colored Spirit Maiden Ning Rongrong. For ten thousand years, each generation of the Nine Treasures Crystal Tower had sent a direct descendant to Shrek Academy for training, and this descendant would eventually become the head of the Nine Treasures Crystal Tower.
Ning Tian's parents had only one child, and this inheritance naturally fell to her.
Ling Bai shook his head. "No, I think we need to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest a bit
longer."
"Why?"
Wu Feng immediately asked.
Ning Tian also looked at him questioningly. Apart from reporting to Shrek Academy, the Star
Dou Great Forest, being the most extensive soul beast gathering place on the Tang Sect
Continent, posed unknown dangers with every passing minute.
"I've broken through to level forty." (End of Chapter)